The new analysis by the think tank has now warned that healthy life expectancy has declined for both men and women. However, it has declined more for females than for males. Healthy life expectancy for males in the UK fell from 62.9 to 60.7 years between 2012–14 and 2022–24, and from 63.7 to 60.9 years for females. This decline reflects a reduction in the proportion of life spent in good health, from 79 per cent to 77 per cent for males and from 77 per cent to 73 per cent.
The findings suggest clear inequalities in healthy life expectancy between men and women, just weeks after the government published its women’s health plan. That plan promised to improve women’s health and life expectancy. However, experts at another think tank, the Nuffield Trust, were sceptical that the measures set out in Labour’s plan for women would actually achieve this.
Full article at https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ministers-no-chance-improving-health-132228377.html
(interesting that they choose to illustrate this article with women smoking and drinking ... )
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Richest areas enjoy 20 more years of good health than poorest
... latest study also found that average healthy life expectancy in the UK has fallen by around two years between 2012-14 and 2022-24, despite overall life expectancy remaining broadly stable.
The findings mean that while people are not necessarily dying younger, they are spending more of their lives in poor health.
The divide is especially severe between rich and poor areas of England.
In 2022-24, men in the least deprived areas could expect 69.2 years of good health on average, compared with just 49.8 years for men in the most deprived areas.
For women, the picture was even worse. Those in the wealthiest areas were expected to live 68.5 healthy years, while women in the poorest communities could expect only 48.2 healthy years.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/richest-areas-better-health-than-poorest-uk-5HjdYJd_2/